Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil offers a route from Bahia into Tropicália and beyond. His early listening brought together Luiz Gonzaga’s northeastern music and João Gilberto’s bossa nova. With Caetano Veloso and other collaborators, he helped turn the meeting of Brazilian song and international pop into a wider artistic movement.
Start with Louvação for his early songwriting, then try Expresso 2222 and follow the link to Os Mutantes. Across Gil’s work, samba, rock, reggae and rhythms from Bahia meet without forming a single fixed style. The point of this selection is to hear those connections, not to reduce his career to one genre.
A recording to start with
Expresso 2222
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